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This appears to be the control valve for this hydraulic elevator powered by city water pressure...
You can see the operating sheave and the hand-rope running up and down the hoistway.
The two-way operating valve diagram is "borrowed" from: "Elevators" by John H.Jallings
Typically the hand-rope is tiller rope construction...
Tiller rope - A very flexible operating rope, commonly made by cable laying six 6 X 7 ropes around a fiber core.
From: Macwhyte Products Catalog - "Glossary of Wire Rope Terms"
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This is the hand-rope passing through the car...
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Here you can see the car counterweight as well as the access door to the hand-rope...
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Is the capacity of this car 700 or 200 pounds? It looks like a rather large car for only 200 pounds...

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Even though this is blurry...it sure doesn't look very safe!
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A colorful hoistway with plenty of light...
It looks like you access this machine and probably the controller from the attic.
Can you feel the blood rushing to your head as you contemplate troubleshooting this unit?!
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An elevator in the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, U.S.A.
These are three very interesting images - thank you Carol!
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I would guess that this elevator:
1 - is a two stop...
2 - was powered by city water pressure...
3 - has hand-rope operation to control the valve...
4 - has a horizontal cylinder of the "push type"...
5 - has a 1:4 roping arrangement.
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Looking through the hoistway doors, you can see that the driving
machine pulls down on the counterweight as the piston pushes out.
You also have a better view of the control lever and hand-rope.
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The tank and control valve for a very popular private residence
elevator manufactured by Custom Elevator Manufacturing Company.
The shut-off valve is in the closed position and one of the solenoid
coils has been removed from its solenoid tube assembly.
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A close-up of the control valve...the tray is to catch stuff that slips out of your fingers.
The red knob is the manual lowering valve.
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You can just barely see the accordion type car doors in this view of the car top...
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This tall bottle jack is used to check the slack-rope switch and the instantaneous safety device.
The fully extended jack is placed in the pit and the car is lowered onto the jack.
As soon as the ropes go slack the slack-rope switch must open. The pressure
in the jack is released and the safeties must stop and hold the fully loaded car. The
suspension ropes should still have a little slack in them once the safeties set or...test again.
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